Premium Rush (2012)

Premium Rush Synopsis

Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day’s work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie – super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic. But a guy who’s used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when his last envelope of the day – a routine “premium rush” run – turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan.

Premium Rush, an action film that took the startling viewpoint of a bike messenger delivering one important package, is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on December 21, in a release that will hit the market just in time for anyone looking for a last-minute holiday gift. Now, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has made a special Blu-ray bonus clip available, so fans can take a peek at some behind-the-scenes footage from the film.

Premium Rush, the action flick that was ignored by Joseph Gordon-Levitt fans and bicycling enthusiasts alike, is coming to Blu-ray and DVD (with Ultraviolet) fairly soon. The film, which stars Gordon-Levitt as a bicycle messenger trying to deliver a dangerous package while being pursued by some very bad people will hit homes on December 21.

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Thanks to a perfect storm of unexpected factors, Joseph Gordon-Levitt wound up going through the rear window of a taxi cab during the Premium Rush shoot. Another actor likely would have screamed to be taken to the hospital immediately, but in the moment, all JGL could think about was making sure his injury was filmed for possible inclusion in the movie.

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When the first trailer for Premium Rush was released last September it was in anticipation of a January 13th release date - a release date that came and went without Premium Rush's delivery to theaters (no pun intended). That's because Sony decided to mix up their schedule a bit and shift the David Koepp-directed film to August 24th.

January reigns supreme. In addition to following both the end of the winter blockbusters and award season, people are more likely to stay indoors and avoid the cold during the first month of the year, meaning that films that open in that four week span tend to be ignored. So when it was announced today that Premium Rush, the new film from David Koepp, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon, would be abandoning its January 13, 2012...

In the film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Wilee, a bike messenger working in New York City. One day he is tasked with getting an envelope across town. While this seems like a normal job, he's stopped by a corrupt cop (Shannon), who needs the information that Wilee has been assigned to deliver. This begins an epic chase through the city, as Wilee tries to get the envelope where it needs to go before it's too late.

If the movie goes on to be a huge hit, Koepp would become every screenwriter's dream incarnate. While part of me wants him to fail after what he did to one of my most beloved characters, everyone knows that it was Lucas' hand